David Robert Nelson

David Robert Nelson
Nelson in 2001
Born (1951-05-09) May 9, 1951
Stuttgart, West Germany
Alma materCornell University (AB, MS, PhD)
Known forKTHNY theory
Non-Hermitian Quantum Mechanics
AwardsOliver Buckley Prize (2004)
Niels Bohr Institute Medal of Honour (2019)
John Bardeen Prize (2003)
Scientific career
FieldsCondensed matter physics
Biophysics
InstitutionsHarvard University
Thesis Applications of the Renormalization to Critical Phenomena  (1975)
Doctoral advisorMichael Fisher
Doctoral studentsTom Chou
Randall Kamien
Eleni Katifori
Kirill Korolev
Max Lavrentovich
David Lubensky
Julius Lucks
Jayson Paulose
Abigail Plummer
Leo Radzihovsky
Michael Rubinstein
Subir Sachdev
Jon Selinger
Sebastian Seung
John Toner
Vincenzo Vitelli

David Robert Nelson (born May 9, 1951) is an American physicist, and Arthur K. Solomon Professor of Biophysics, at Harvard University. He is known for developing KTHNY theory.